I was motionless in a dentist’s chair, wearing orange sunglasses, ultraviolet light pouring into my open mouth, when I began to question what I was doing. This was my first encounter with America’s healthcare system. I was getting my teeth whitened. It would bring my living teeth closer to a uniform shade, making the synthetic cap less noticeable, he assured me. By the time my teeth began to throb nearly an hour into the procedure, I was suspicious.

Source: The Times May 29, 2019 16:07 UTC